FOXNews reports today's comfort filled news conference of Chief Moose and friends, Police Deem Some Sniper Witness Accounts 'Not Credible':
Investigators pulling out all the stops in the hunt for the Beltway Sniper still have no suspect composite, no weapon type, and on Thursday had to retract a witness account of a cream-colored van.Emphasis added. I wonder if a Kruger Mini-14 is like a Ruger Mini-14? You mean all those press conferences with "evil looking" assault rifles were just so much bull? What happened to all the confirmatory "ballistic evidence"?
There had been earlier reports that the latest shooting — outside a northern Virginia Home Depot on Monday — had yielded more clues than the previous sniper attacks, but Thursday investigators reported that a description of a "cream-colored van with a broken tail light" given by a witness is "not credible."
Two witnesses reported seeing the sniper identified him as having olive-colored skin and as being either Middle Eastern or Hispanic, but Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose, who is heading the investigation, said reports describing the shooter were getting so much attention they were confusing the investigation.
"We get this noise, this confusion out there that gives people tunnel vision and makes them focus in on things that are not appropriate," Moose said.
Fairfax County Police Chief Tom Manger said that the media should not be telling the public that one specific weapon is being used in the shootings. "A suspect description was not put out by the police and should not be seen as reliable information," Manger said at a news briefing.
Investigators also cautioned that the type of rounds fired at the victims can be fired by at least 30 different types of firearms, and the weapon used in the killings could be disguised with accessories that change its appearance.
Investigators believe the killer switched weapons because he was firing at shorter range in Monday's shooting. In previous attacks, police say he used either a Colt AR-15 or a Kruger Mini-14. But one witness to the Monday attack told investigators he was sure the sniper used a Soviet-style AK-74 semiautomatic assault rifle.
Despite the setbacks, police said they're confident the case will be solved.
When is Chief Moose going to admit the possibility that this might be a terrorist hit squad?
